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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1916
Page
3
Sparland society page records numerous visits and social events. Residents from Lacon Henry Peoria and Peoria area guests attended dinners, drives, and gatherings, with many families hosting or traveling to Starved Rock, Bloomington, and other nearby towns.
The Steuben column laments Mrs. Thomas Williams heading to Peoria for gallstone surgery with hopes for a successful operation. It notes Miss Lena Macon resigning a school near Lacon due to infantile paralysis concerns, weather benefitting crops, and social visits from Netawake and Henry readers. It mentions ongoing Baptist young people’s meetings, threshing season wrapping, and a piano solo at an entertainment by Elizabeth Marland and Miss Opal Euard with remarks on political gathering tones.
The audience, mostly ladies, remained spellbound from start to finish as comic moments mingled with pathos. Miss Ellard sang two sweet solos, adding greatly to the entertainment, with hopes for more singing in the near future. The event underscored a taste for elocutionary work in Sparland and Putnam. Dr Kings New Discovery advertised as a remedy for colds and coughs, priced at 50 cents.
Circuit Court records show a divorce suit Myron Stratton vs Margaret Stratton based on housework refusal. Multiple probate orders in Elizabeth Noll John Kapraun Robert Iliff Josephine Ryan Frederick Brinkman Martha Morrow and others with heirship notices and final settlements. Real estate transfers include Varna Lacon Toluca and Henry cemetery plots. Petit jurors listed for October term across Lacon Saratoga Belle Prairie and surrounding townships.
A 1920s advertisement touts Chamberlains Tablets as a remedy for constipation. It claims regular bowels prevent many illnesses, improve appetite and digestion, and urges readers to obtain the product everywhere.
Local families and guests are listed in a sequence of gatherings and travels from South Milo to Peoria and Springfield. The piece mentions several households visiting relatives, a Sunday school picnic, and a brief rural social scene. An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation and biliousness.
Cottage residents share dinners and visits with neighbors and relatives. Social gatherings include Halliday Milner and others dining with August Magnuson and attending a birthday dinner for John Maulty in Bureau.
This vintage ad urges every family to have Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for sudden colic and diarrhoea. It claims quick relief and broad availability, stressing prompt treatment before a physician arrives.
A society notice reports the engagement of Laura Mary Fredse to Eugene Brooks Ico amid a warm social climate. The brief item emphasizes the forthcoming marriage plans and traditional blend of family circles.
A state comparison ranks Illinois first in value of crops, corn and oats production, average farm land value, and women in higher education. It places second in total wealth, coal and limestone production, rural population, and number of weekly papers. A Lake County real estate record sees Philin D. Armour II pay $35,000 for six acres near Lake Bluff, with Daniel W. Voltz as seller.
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